Say goodbye to Antoine Winfield playing nickel cornerback this season, Todd Bowles told Joe this morning at the NFL Annual Meeeting.

“I really want him to stay at free safety,” Bowles said of Winfield.

That’s the goal, Bowles said before he added that the starting nickel likely is not on the roster.

Joe will have more on this later today.

Todd Bowles

Joe is patrolling the NFL Annual Meeting again today and that included a long chat with head coach Todd Bowles. (more…)

New Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales.

Quarterback competitions in the spring and summer are often messy — unless you know exactly how to handle the situation. (more…)

Lamar Jackson news and speculation was swirling yesterday following the Pro Bowl quarterback publicly stating he requested a trade from the Ravens, so Joe thinks it’s a good time to break this gem of a news nugget. (more…)

Demands trade.

So yesterday the hammer finally fell. Lamar Jackson demanded a trade from the Crows. (more…)

It might be way early to set the season-win totals for NFL teams. Hell, the Final Four hasn’t been played yet. (more…)

Joe is spending the afternoon, evening and wee hours patrolling the NFL Annual Meeting (formerly knowns as the “owners meeting”) in Phoenix, including the huge NFL all-night party, and will have all kinds of goodies tomorrow and beyond.

The Quarterback Whisperer at One Buc Palace, Bucco Bruce Arians, finally has weighed in on Tampa Bay’s signing of Baker Mayfield. (more…)

Low ranking.

In the mind of one NFL columnist, new Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield is a bridge all right. (more…)

Scolded

A former superstar player for Todd Bowles who says he loves Todd Bowles and stays in touch with him believes Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield screwed up when he signed with Tampa Bay this month.

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So it’s the time of year when Joe heads to the annual NFL Owners meetings to hang out with NFL owners, general managers and head coaches. What’s more fun than Joe in a swanky resort grilling the power brokers? (more…)

Defends Baker Mayfield.

Skip Bayless actually feels sorry for Baker Mayfield. (more…)

Bengals OT Jonah Williams.

Bengals left tackle Jonah Williams was the 11th overall pick of the 2019 draft. (more…)

Todd Bowles explains.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles, along with many other NFL coaches, suits and owners, already are prowling the sands of the Arizona desert at the NFL Owners Meetings, which kicked off yesterday. (more…)

Franchise-best kicker.

Doing some research last night, Joe had his Sunday evening ruined. (more…)

Lavonte David

Eye-popping stats on Bucs icon Lavonte David from a source Joe likes to throw rocks at. (more…)

Tennessee RT Darnell Wright.

Joe will save his well known screed for the last couple of paragraphs. (more…)

GM Jason Licht

It seems Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht deserves a tip of the hat. (more…)

During new Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales’ final three games as a Seahawks assistant coach last season, he watched a rookie running back hammer away for 354 yards on 78 carries. (more…)

“Mark, I can’t carry on this tradition.”

Joe is trying hard to keep an open mind to this gem of Bucs history dropped by former Tampa Bay general manager Mark Dominik on national radio. (more…)

Safety help.

One cool thing about the free agency period is it usually is a window into what to expect in the draft. (more…)